By: Fletcher (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 2137

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 8, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0, 1 present not voting; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to eligibility of certain persons for enrollment in school district summer school courses.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 25, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 25.008 to read as follows:

Sec. 25.008. ENROLLMENT IN SUMMER SCHOOL COURSE BY PERSON NOT ENROLLED IN DISTRICT. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a school district shall permit a person who is eligible under Section 25.001 to attend school in the district but who is not enrolled in school in the district to enroll in a district summer school course on the same basis as a district student, including:

(1) satisfaction of any course eligibility requirement; and

(2) payment of any fee authorized under Section 11.158 that is charged in connection with the course.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to enrollment in a program under Section 29.088, 29.090, or 29.098 or in a similar intensive program.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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